Students and practitioners of the Science of Mind begin like any scientist with a curiosity, a question, study and do the research needed to bring them to a hypothesis, continue doing the research needed to determine for themselves the validity of the hypothesis, and ultimately build a foundation of faith in the hypothesis.
Most of us would not consider ourselves Christian, because we do not see Jesus the Christ, as our Savior — instead, we consider Jesus as being our teacher
I won’t speak for all New Thought, but as a religious scientist, I see both Swedenborg and Mary Baker Eddy as believing themselves to be divinely inspired and having the true Christian belief.